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About-Him.Com Devotional 06-05-2004
While the disciples were still rejoicing at the healing of the Demoniac Son , Jesus admonished them, "Let these sayings sink into your ears" Is is not the hearing of the word of God that plants faith in our hearts. It is the word that we desire more than our necessary food. We live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. That faith that starts as a grain of mustard seed grows and flourishes. Because of it, we are impowered by the Holy Ghost to proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God. We can tell the world that we have met the Savior and that He saves, heals and delivers.
138: His Suffering Foretold Mt. 17:22-23; Mk. 9:30-32; Lu. 9:43=45
Luke 9:43 ¶ And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Jesus had been talking of His impending death for some time now. His disciples were slow to grasp what He was talking about. After the healing and deliverance of this demonic son, they were all too eager to return to their thoughts of a Messiah reigning in grandeur. They prefered to not think of cruxifiction.
Jesus perceived their thoughts, and said, “ Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.” They didn’t understand His meaning and were afraid to ask.
Conclusion and Application:
“Let these sayings sing into your ears.” Most commentators believe that ‘these sayings” refer to the teachings that Jesus had been giving concerning His coming death and resurrection. However, the most immediate sayings was when Jesus told them that faith the size of a grain of mustard seed could move mountains.
Hard times were coming. Just as Jesus had been beaten and put to death, they would face the same things. Faith would make the difference. After the disciples were empowered by the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, We see a marked contrast between failure of the disciples to heal the demoniac son and the success of Peter and John when they met the lame man at the gate. A great mountain of difficulty lay before them in the form of a man who had been lame since birth. Their faith mounted up and they looked at the man and commanded him to rise up in the name of Jesus.
When later questioned by the council about the healing of the lame man. Peter boldly proclaimed,
".... And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all - Acts 3:16."
We all have mountains confronting us as we labor to preach the gospel, but faith in His name makes the difference between success and failure.
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